US Patent Issued to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA on Nov. 11 for "Aircraft engine including diffuser secured to a bearing housing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,473, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP. (Longueuil, Canada).

"Aircraft engine including diffuser secured to a bearing housing" was invented by Guy Lefebvre (St-Bruno-de-Montarville, Canada) and Lorenzo Sanzari (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor assembly has: an impeller rotatable about a central axis, the impeller mounted on a shaft; a bearing housing extending around the central axis and radially supporting the shaft; and a diffuser downstream of the impeller, the diffuser having: an annular member extending circumferentially around the central axis, vanes circumferentially distributed...